South O' the Highway (and the North too)

Amagansett's own real estate mogul Randy Lerner, owner of Meeting House Square complex, recently added another piece of property to his list. Lerner purchased a $2.075 million home for his associate Jack Luber on Hand Lane near Montauk Highway.

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Michele Herbet hosted a three-day 80th birthday party for her husband, ex-East Hamptonite Larry Herbert of Pantone fame, at Palm Beach's Breakers Hotel for over 300 of his closest friends. Patti LaBelle led the attendees, which included Hamptonites Denise Rich, Dennis Basso and celebrity lawyer Michael J. Griffith, in singing "Happy Birthday." The festivities were coordinated by Hamptons event planner Harriette Rose Katz.

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Hamptonites John and Margo Catsimatidis will co-chair the annual Bal du Printemps for their friend Page Morton Black's Parkinson's Disease Foundation on May 12 at New York's Pierre Hotel.

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Amagansett's Paul McCartney reunited with Ringo Starr last weekend in a performance at Radio City Music Hall. The show was part of "Change Begins Within," a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation's drive to bring meditation to troubled public schools.

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The Independence Party endorsed Hamptons resident New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a third term last weekend with a No. 3 ballot position. He currently needs one more borough to land the Republican endorsement.

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Rumor has it that Southampton's Baron Hilton, the 19-year-old brother of Paris, has decided it's time to get serious. In addition to pursuing a career in music, he's developing a reality show with Viacom.

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Fairfield Greenwich founder, Walter Noel, whose company lost billions of client dollars working with Bernie Madoff, is reportedly looking to rent out his family's Southampton estate this summer. The three-story manse has 10 bedrooms, nine-and-a-half baths, six fireplaces and a heated pool, and will set you back $350,000 for July and $375,000 for August.

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Amagansett's Sarah Jessica Parker will officially return to the big screen in the Sex and the City sequel on May 28, 2010. In the meantime, she's keeping busy filming a romantic comedy with Hugh Grant in New York City.

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The Tulla Booth Gallery was recently featured in The New York Times as a rewarding destination for Sag Harbor visitors.

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